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During her talk at Fairfield University last Tuesday, Hillary Jordan, author of Mudbound, was asked if her characters come back to her.

Given the United States's military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with significant ongoing dialogues with world leaders in Iran, Pakistan and, most recently, in China, it is vital that young people understand complex global issues.

Comedian Paula Poundstone made just one promise about her show Friday night at Fairfield University's Quick Center for the Arts: "No one will get physically hurt.

About 10 days ago, Carolyn Vermont, the first vice president of the Greater Bridgeport chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, got a phone call from the civil-rights organization's state president, Scot X. Esdaile.

Norwalk women are helping to light the way for visitors to The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk as part of the eighth annual "Festival of Lighthouses." Barbara Seith, Rafique Vahora and Courtenay Austin entered four of the display's 23 creative lighthouses, which can be see now through Jan.

It's kind of like the Academy Awards of college teaching, and even though a Fairfield University music professor didn't walk away Thursday with the title of U.S. Professor of the Year, she was chosen to represent Connecticut at a ceremony honoring elite educators in the nation's capital.

Sound Surfing by Mike Horyczun The Quick Center for the Arts in Fairfield is the place to experience international sounds once again, as this weekend it presents the marvelous music of Cape Verdian singing sensation Sara Tavares in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Two Bridgeport residents were arrested for stealing a backpack leaf blower from the front porch of a Hillside Road home on Friday at 2:30 p.m. Joseph Marchionni, 38, was charged with fifth-degree larceny for taking the leaf blower, and Mary Homa, 40, was charged with conspiracy to commit fifth-degree larceny and issued an infraction for driving ...

From the Connecticut Post , apparently discussing this column : ... The Fairfield Mirror ...[, an] independent student publication[,] faces harassment charges before the school's Student Conduct Board.... The controversy erupted over a satirical column in the Sept.

Joseph Lieberman was re-elected to the U.S. Senate as a political independent after Connecticut Democrats snubbed him in 2006.

Audiences will be able to get a taste of the golden age of radio drama next weekend when three live performances of the classic radio show "Lights Out" are presented at the Wien Experimental Theatre on the Fairfield University campus.

Fairfield University officials are looking into harassment claims against the student newspaper after a satirical column sparked a protest on campus.

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Three months after the Fairfield Mirror newspaper ran a column that some Fairfield University students found highly offensive, the independent student publication faces harassment charges before the school's Student Conduct Board.

Fairfield University officials are looking into harassment claims against the student newspaper after a satirical column sparked a protest on campus.

Fairfield University Professor Curtis Naser has found a high-tech way to help students and fellow educators reach their goals.

The Westport Arts Center takes learning about jazz out of the classrooms and onto the concert stage this weekend.

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"One must maintain a committed relationship with the arts. The arts can be devil, can confuse; it can bore you to death," is how artist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Diaz greeted the Open VISIONS Forum audience Monday evening, Oct.

High school seniors might not be stressed about college just yet, but their parents certainly are, thinking about how to pay for their son's or daughter's higher education.